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28 January 2005, 08:44 AM
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I am thinking of changing from Norton Internet Security to something else, has anyone got any opinions good/bad on this http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/products.php?p_id=25
I have thr trial version installed now, and it appears to be ok
I have thr trial version installed now, and it appears to be ok
28 January 2005, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by DJ140
Why are you changing from NIS?
Insterstingly BitDefender has so far found about 14 Trojans that NIS has missed !!
28 January 2005, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by molko
Just found it slow and cumbesome, also i was unable to disable certain options, for example if i copy a file from floppy drive to my hard drive then is get scanned, which is fair enought, but then if i copy the same file to a different folder on the same drive, then Norton Scans it again, its just things like this..
Insterstingly BitDefender has so far found about 14 Trojans that NIS has missed !!
Insterstingly BitDefender has so far found about 14 Trojans that NIS has missed !!
I have NIS 2004 and it does not rescan files moving around the hard drives. I have installed NIS on a number of PC's and agree it can be slow on startup if the PC is of a low spec. You should not even notice it installed if you have a pc of decent spec and it is running correctly.
Consider having a look at the PC before you jump ship.
28 January 2005, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Scooby-Doo
I have NIS 2004 and it does not rescan files moving around the hard drives. I have installed NIS on a number of PC's and agree it can be slow on startup if the PC is of a low spec. You should not even notice it installed if you have a pc of decent spec and it is running correctly.
Consider having a look at the PC before you jump ship.
Consider having a look at the PC before you jump ship.
28 January 2005, 12:53 PM
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I tried McAffee, I may not have set it up correctly, but just didn't like the way it didn't seem to fully integrate with the Windows user accounts I had set-up. Seemed to prompt each time for the admin user details...
So I'm running NIS again - binned McAffee.
So I'm running NIS again - binned McAffee.
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28 January 2005, 04:37 PM
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I use McAfee - which I've never had a problem with - at home or work. Kaspersky is picking up a lot of awards at the moment though. The lowest rating one at the moment seems to be Panda.
28 January 2005, 04:58 PM
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Norton Internet Security - pah! I'd rather have a virus than have that installed...
Should be renamed as "Norton Computer Crippler".
Should be renamed as "Norton Computer Crippler".
28 January 2005, 09:49 PM
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this month in pc pro there is a good feature on this. Interestingly NIS gets a good write up. F-secure gets the best review as a combined package and there is also reviews of dedicated firewalls, virus checkers etc
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